כָּלָה
ka.lahVerbH3615
to end: finish
From: a primitive root;
Short Definition
to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)
Full Lexicon Entry
finish 1) to accomplish, cease, consume, determine, end, fail, finish, be complete, be accomplished, be ended, be at an end, be finished, be spent 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be complete, be at an end 1a2) to be completed, be finished 1a3) to be accomplished, be fulfilled 1a4) to be determined, be plotted (bad sense) 1a5) to be spent, be used up 1a6) to waste away, be exhausted, fail 1a7) to come to an end, vanish, perish, be destroyed 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to complete, bring to an end, finish 1b2) to complete (a period of time) 1b3) to finish (doing a thing) 1b4) to make an end, end 1b5) to accomplish, fulfil, bring to pass 1b6) to accomplish, determine (in thought) 1b7) to put an end to, cause to cease 1b8) to cause to fail, exhaust, use up, spend 1b9) to destroy, exterminate 1c) (Pual) to be finished, be ended, be completed
Grammar
Part of Speech Verb
Morphology H:V
DescriptionHebrew Verb
Occurrences
190 timesAppears 190 times in the Old Testament. Top books include:
2 Chronicles
16
Ezk
16
Genesis
16
Psalms
14
1 Kings
12
Key Passages
- 1 Chronicles 16:2
- 2 Chronicles 7:11
- Ezk 20:13
- Isaiah 16:4
- Lamentations 2:11
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